Environment vs. Economy Options

[*Kathleen*]

All right, so since I want to see a different topic out there...this one's from February's Lincoln-Douglas topic:

Resolved: A government's obligation to protect the environment ought to take precedence over its obligation to promote economic development.

I'm on the negative side for this, seeing that only by providing a healthy, stable economy can you be able to help the environment. The products of a good economy are what help improve the environment.

Haha don't worry...I have more points...I've researched both sides to this, so bring it on.

[tkproduce]

WHOA hold on here...please no false info...no offence i truly do not mean to be rude but plants us CO2 to make there good...the waste of the metabolic process is O2(oxygen) we breathe because of plants...and plants survive because of heterotrophs breathing out CO2....i just wanted to point that out sorry if i offended ne one it was not intentional...im just testin my self for my Bio exam at the end of the year

Yes, photosynthesis that occurs in plants is a process of converting carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen using light energy from the sun. However, don't forget that plants also need to respire (convert glucose into energy) as well, which is a process of converting ADP into ATP using glucose and oxygen, releasing carbon dioxide and water as byproducts of the reaction. This isn't FALSE info, I'm just clarifying the misconception in most people that all plants do is take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen and animals do the opposite. In fact plants do both.